THE BIBLE TRAIN TV SERIES
The pilot for a TV Series “THE BIBLE TRAIN”
Logline: An old train takes its passengers back to Biblical Times using 15 Bible stories that teaches them lessons that they will learn and take away with them for life.
CAST:
- CONDUCTOR – Mr. Timothy Levi – A man who talks with a very rough voice and pretends he’s a grumpy old man, but he has a heart of gold.
- ENGINEER – Lily Adel – a woman who has a permanent and infectious smile.
- TICKET MASTOR – Jethro Cantor – Talks in riddles.
- TRAIN CAR ATTENDENT – Little Jimmy Potter – A little person who repeats everything everybody says.
- Peppy – A little Jack Russel dog who turns into different breeds of (speaking) dogs when he enters The Bible Train. Example: A German Shepard with an accent.
Overview:
The show takes place on “THE BIBLE TRAIN” where ordinary men, women, and children board the train an immediately become characters from (Biblical Times). As the train passes through a “Time Tunnel” and the occupants are transported back to the Biblical times before Jesus came to this earth.
On board will be the main character, Example: Moses, who disappointed God with his Anger Management (hit the rock twice, not once as instructed by God). Moses will tell the story of how he disobeyed God in his anger and paid the price of not being the one who leads the Israelites into the new land, but dies on a hill overlooking the river where the crossing takes place.
Even with Moses as the groups guide, not everything goes as planned with the train passengers who are the actors in the play, especially “Peppy and Little Jimmy Porter” they always gets into trouble at the most inconvenient time.
The passengers will be dressed in period clothing and play the roles of the actual exiled Jewish people, but they are aware that this is taking place over 2000 years in the past.
When the train comes back to the future and the passengers disembark, they leave with the lessons learnt from their adventure.
The fifteen episodes of “THE BIBLE TRAIN”
1) FEAR – “Danial and the Lion’s Den”
2) ANGER – “An Angry Moses”
3) BULLYING – “David and Goliath”
4) FORGIVENESS – “Joseph and his Treacherous Brothers”
5) LOVING YOURSELF AND OTHERS – “Jesus shows us how to LOVE”
6) TEMPATION – “Suffering of Job”
7) MIRACLES” – “The raising of Lazarus”
8) ANXIETY – “The fears of Moses”
9) AWKWARDNESS – “The cleansing of Naaman”
10) SCATTERED MINDS– “The Tower of Babel”
11) LYING – “Peter’s Denial of Jesus”
12) SELF DISTRUCTION – “The Samson Story”
13) COMPASSION – “The Good Samaritan”
14) PROMISES – “The Walls of Jericho”
15) JOY – “The Apostle Paul Finds Joy”
No reproduction (in part/or in hole) is permitted without written permission from the author James A. Cormier. (September 2023)
Cell: 416-272-1812
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Date: November 14 2023